Very Low Planes Over Kowloon • Hong Kong

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  • @RedFoxAce
    @RedFoxAce 14 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    It's amazing that in 40 years, no plane ever crashed into one of the buildings.

    • @ard0lan
      @ard0lan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kurdy bra?

    • @Jack-cv4ej
      @Jack-cv4ej 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      no plane crashed into one of the buildings in hong kong*

    • @nyy.justinn
      @nyy.justinn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      21*

    • @Cal90208
      @Cal90208 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jack-cv4ejThat was implied

    • @Jack-cv4ej
      @Jack-cv4ej ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Cal90208 damn you didnt get the jokes

  • @GrampaDenny74
    @GrampaDenny74 13 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    I was in the Navy in port at Hong Kong back in 1998 and saw the last day the airport was open, everyone was lined up on the highways videotaping the final landings, awesome sight!!

    • @fafac7656
      @fafac7656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fenwick pier in wanchai?

  • @strokesfan1107
    @strokesfan1107 13 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    I remember being there when I was about 7 years old. The 747 flew right overhead, no one blinked an eye, and I said to my dad "I wasn't the only person who saw that, right?"

  • @Njoyflying
    @Njoyflying 17 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    For those aviation lovers....this is definitely a treat!!! thank you for posting!

    • @magginoodles2433
      @magginoodles2433 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hey human, how is life going after 14 years.....!!

    • @jorgeteixeira8911
      @jorgeteixeira8911 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey bro how is your comment after 16 years?

    • @Makoto094
      @Makoto094 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      man how areu

  • @bkjnannielee2032
    @bkjnannielee2032 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I still remember the feelings landing @ Kai Tak airport....incredible! I always requested window seat just to see all those surroundings. One of the landings during early morning I actually saw a .person brushing his/her teeth in the bathroom in one of those appartments/

    • @FirstLast-uz6eq
      @FirstLast-uz6eq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's amazing.

    • @TheRdgrdg
      @TheRdgrdg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly! That happened to me too, no one would believe it 🤣

  • @AzadSozTV
    @AzadSozTV 14 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    crazy city

    • @Subiwu
      @Subiwu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi

    • @alexandregaming8889
      @alexandregaming8889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      normal day in hong kong :
      plane fly in low altitude and there is feral in hog in streets

  • @jamzal
    @jamzal 10 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    "holy cow" is right...

  • @ChopstickTech
    @ChopstickTech 15 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    At the northern end of the runway, buildings rose up to six stories just across the road. The other three sides of the runway were surrounded by Victoria Harbour. The low altitude manoeuvre required to line up with the runway was so spectacular that some passengers claimed to have glimpsed the flickering of televisions through apartment windows along the final approach.

  • @shannonyau6997
    @shannonyau6997 10 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    I miss those planes! I have lived and studied in that area ever since I was a kid. I could see where the planes parked from my home. I still remember every time when a plane flew by my teacher would have to yell out to us lol. oh the good old days.

    • @glorych1168
      @glorych1168 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shannon Yau east south senior high?

    • @tanoy.debnath2561
      @tanoy.debnath2561 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tanay.yeah really miss this days huge sound flight I like that tipe flight I am Indian same think happen in my childhood days when plane landing or takeoff when I here plane sound I can't control I just run and came out and watch the plane on the sky but sometime I can't do this bcoz when my teacher came my home and I learning stidie and that time ant plane go I can't saw that bcoz my teacher don't allowed this and felling very bad so also myself mani memories I remember when I read your comment I remember my childhood days really miss this days now only memories left I like Boeing 747.400and alsoboeing737.200huge sound but nowadays plane can't not so impressive compare this planes oldisgold.

    • @szr5912
      @szr5912 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shannon Yau but so loud

    • @latifadegmaster4910
      @latifadegmaster4910 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      DA FUQ EVER HEARD OF 9/11

    • @napalm_vietcong_2109
      @napalm_vietcong_2109 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Md11’s, because pretty much that is what only shown.

  • @CessnaAviator317
    @CessnaAviator317 15 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    If I lived there, I would be on my rooftop waving a banner saying "WELCOME TO HONG KONG!" lol

    • @Bosco_the_Historian
      @Bosco_the_Historian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      LMAO

    • @Bosco_the_Historian
      @Bosco_the_Historian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I just responded to a 10 year old comment didn't I

    • @nadroj-88
      @nadroj-88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Then the plane would hit the banner, send you flying off at 230 Km/h and the banner would go into the engines, stop them from working and the 747 would crash into a block of flats, killing at least 600 people and making it the deadliest air disaster in history.

    • @LRedChannelClosed
      @LRedChannelClosed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      XDDDD

    • @khymaaren
      @khymaaren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nadroj-88 Sounds like a Friday night...

  • @mintchoconess
    @mintchoconess 17 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Looking at this video makes me nostalgic :(
    Even though the new airport is much safer, you have to admit, the low-flying airplanes were one of the things HK was known for.

  • @DanielChannel57
    @DanielChannel57 8 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    Reactions of Kai Tak.
    Locals: Walking along minding their own business, paying no mind.
    Foreign Tourists: HOLY CRAP!!!

    • @_.somebody._2075
      @_.somebody._2075 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      meee

    • @thaandamuthu9296
      @thaandamuthu9296 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kainmani

    • @ameerhadi2992
      @ameerhadi2992 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am going to

    • @Orion8729
      @Orion8729 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kind of like here in Milan at Duomo Square. You see local people just walk normally and then you also see a fuckton of tourists (especially Asian tourists) taking pics of the pigeons there (for context: there are a lot of pigeons in that square for some reason

    • @eggs1632
      @eggs1632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Avgeeks of Hong Kong: trying to fit in with the locals attempting a straight face and trying not go crazy about a such a crazy low pass

  • @DeviDeLeon
    @DeviDeLeon 17 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    During my first time in HK many years ago, i was shopping in Mongkok and the sight of the approaching plane freaked me out, i thought it was gonna crash! And since i was booked at the Metropole in Kowloon for a week, i got pretty used to it. The view from the plane during the approach was just as amazing, like you were gonna hit the rooftops any moment! I also happened to be there the week Chek Lap Kok Airport opened, and i sure missed the hustle and bustle of good old Kai Tak :(

    • @magginoodles2433
      @magginoodles2433 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey human, how is life going after 14 years.....!!

  • @julesjulius187
    @julesjulius187 8 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    I wouldn't feel comfortable living in the last floor of these apartments

    • @techmaniac43
      @techmaniac43 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same.

    • @Armageddon991
      @Armageddon991 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      for me, not the top floor

    • @WilliamK-nu6uc
      @WilliamK-nu6uc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      julesjulius187 SAME!!!😟😟😟😩😩😨😨😨😣😣😮

    • @Levi-qu8yl
      @Levi-qu8yl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Id throw shit at the planes

    • @techmaniac43
      @techmaniac43 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Levi XDDDDDDDDDD best answer hahahaha x,D

  • @hdesousa
    @hdesousa 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Early on (late 50's and 60's) I could distinguish the plane, and hence often the airline, from the sound of the engines. Comet 4, VC 10, Boeing 707, Boeing 720, DC-8, Convair 880 and 990, etc. Occasionally they had to take off over the city. THAT was real noise, and quite a treat, especially since firecrackers had been banned after 1967.
    Kids were easy to impress back them.

  • @mcopolo89
    @mcopolo89 10 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I rmb watching these planes come down when I was 5 in HK....def. a sight to rmb...inspired me to be a pilot! =D

  • @superzapper
    @superzapper 17 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I flew into that Airport back in 93 ,Freaking scary as hell .I heard this was only the 3rd hardest airport to land at though with San Diego's Lindbergh Field being second on the list and Aspen Pitkin being the hardest of them all.I guess it would be up to the pilots personal choice though.

    • @magginoodles2433
      @magginoodles2433 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey human, how is life going after 14 years.....!!

  • @DaveOptions
    @DaveOptions 14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely extraordinary. Thank you so much for posting this. It gives me chills...

  • @nickakers7985
    @nickakers7985 10 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    And people here in America complain about airport noise! Jeeze,haha

  • @joeborromeo
    @joeborromeo 17 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is the old airport, I remember landing here when I visited HK for the first time in '97....its like all the buildings of Kowloon coming straight at you as the plane lands....kinda feels galactic!
    But, whoah....HongKong's new airport is something else, it is huge and ultra modern....the new one is far from the city.... but there is no stopping HongKong-ers, they are building new buildings near the airport, so in a few years time, it'll be like landing in Kowloon again!

    • @magginoodles2433
      @magginoodles2433 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey human, how is life going after 14 years.....!!

    • @joeborromeo
      @joeborromeo ปีที่แล้ว

      @@magginoodles2433 , still alive and kicking. In Canada 🇨🇦 now!

    • @magginoodles2433
      @magginoodles2433 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joeborromeo Woah...!! Great to hear from you... Never expected a reply from 14 years old comment...!!

  • @225stevencheng
    @225stevencheng 10 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    This airport has been closed. The old days might be fun, but quite annoying.
    A post-90s Hong Konger

    • @James1230
      @James1230 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lok Cheng how can you sleep at night?
      But its nicr that you have a very good airport now.

    • @DisciplineGlobalMobile
      @DisciplineGlobalMobile 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh, the days when we'd sit at school watching airplanes fly around

    • @JimmyJohanes
      @JimmyJohanes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      sum ting wong with that airport?

    • @fafac7656
      @fafac7656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No planes were allowed to fly in after a certain hour. Also there is height control for the buildings in that area

  • @clarie91s
    @clarie91s 16 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I miss this airport so much! Lots of childhood memories. I love the two way buses that took you to the plane. It was really fun to ride in and it could be driven from both ends of it! They don't have it anymore cause you can get into the plane from the inside of the airport.

    • @magginoodles2433
      @magginoodles2433 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey human, how is life going after 14 years.....!!

  • @TheFreekickerzUK
    @TheFreekickerzUK 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I was only 14 months old when they closed Kai Tak. I wish I could have visited Hong Kong to watch this spectacle! :'(

    • @Tomeletto
      @Tomeletto 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheFreekickerzUK so you were 1 that time?

  • @luigipepe7521
    @luigipepe7521 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best Kai Tak video on youtube, it shows landing from a different perpective

  • @hamannshaikh7398
    @hamannshaikh7398 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    *DAMN LOW & LOUD*
    IMPRESSIVE & STUNNING 😍 😍😍

    • @brucewayne3602
      @brucewayne3602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      to fully understand one had to be there, flying & observing, to appreciate the experience ... words are not adequate but yes - HOLY COW !!!

    • @hamannshaikh7398
      @hamannshaikh7398 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi @@brucewayne3602 I wish I could visit that spotting place - But sadly airport is CLOSED forever 😭

  • @Akibatai00
    @Akibatai00 14 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Love how the lady shouted "Holy Cow" in the video~~ XD

  • @sillyfoxgirlnya
    @sillyfoxgirlnya 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i am so jealous of everyone who saw that with their own eyes

  • @w0r3
    @w0r3 15 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    HAHAH, I remember this when I was little, and I looked out the window and saw a freaking airplane above me!! it was bloody awesome!!!

  • @terrytong8665
    @terrytong8665 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Taking risks and bravery. That's what we did to build our city.

  • @sanggamsihite781
    @sanggamsihite781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn
    2021 human still watch this video

  • @shivansh12951
    @shivansh12951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Just imagine how amazing would be the view from the terrace of these buildings...😍

    • @ac.bhartiya
      @ac.bhartiya ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only we, Bhartiyas, can think like that.😊

  • @camoger11
    @camoger11 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is still one of my all-time favorite videos. So awesome

  • @petmitsu
    @petmitsu 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brings back good memories when I visited in the summer of 1980. Best vacation yet!

  • @Cieloceryl
    @Cieloceryl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember my mom telling me of the time Kai Yak was opened. Man, you would think there would be a fatal crash, but it would not be the case, as many pilots who fly into the airport would have been experts.

    • @TerencePaull
      @TerencePaull 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      kai yak dont exist boi all i know is kai tak

    • @Lee247Jamaica
      @Lee247Jamaica 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So ur mom was their in 1925 when it opened?

  • @vr6hondaeatervr6
    @vr6hondaeatervr6 14 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Imagine them at 9/11
    "Oh, that's normal."
    *keep walking

    • @stevenbahena5956
      @stevenbahena5956 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      These planes aren't even going as fast as the 2nd plane that hit the towers. It's still mind blowing how the jet could go so fast at such low altitude.

    • @Orion8729
      @Orion8729 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stevenbahena5956 because they're landing. You don't land at cruise speed (900+ km/H) other wise you would crash. The 9/11 plane was pretty much at its max speed, after all the dude flying it was trying to crash it

    • @nadroj-88
      @nadroj-88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ik if there’s an engine failure, it’s just certain that it’s going to kill people on the ground in that area because it’s so close to the buildings and they are tall and it’s densely populated plus in Hong the chances were and still are that it’s going to be a big plane because the demand is so high, they even used and still do use 747’s and 777’s on short routes so the casualties if a 747 crashed into the buildings would almost defined be 600+, making it the worst crash in history above the crash of the venture which was two 747’s colliding and only 61 survived but that was the 70’s so the 747’s didn’t have a 600+ capacity

    • @Lee247Jamaica
      @Lee247Jamaica 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nadroj-88 most aircraft like a 747 is certified to fly with only 3 engines so even if one engine failed it still would fly normal

    • @nadroj-88
      @nadroj-88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Lee247Jamaica yeah but total engine failure would be different or just a stall

  • @allancove4483
    @allancove4483 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kinda reminds me of when I lived in Chicago on Commerce street. We would walk down the street & see these HUGE planes fly across the street right above us. It was like you could almost reach up & scratch the belly of the planes, that's how low they seemed to be. It was rather awesome to say the least & my hats off to the pilots for having nerves of steel. GREAT JOB FELLERS!!!

  • @KaentukiTheFuki
    @KaentukiTheFuki 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    yooo 0:25. i seriously thought that plane was going to crash.

    • @seair732
      @seair732 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Low approach

    • @envy5480
      @envy5480 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      PULL UP WOOP WOOP PULL UP WOOP WOOP

  • @wayneflint8077
    @wayneflint8077 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank God there were no office fires at the same time!

  • @LiberatrFilms
    @LiberatrFilms 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Miss those planes over Kowloon city! Amazing!

  • @n001m002
    @n001m002 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This video remind me of Ghost in the Shell.

  • @metallica-fan
    @metallica-fan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why does Kai Tak mostly take in the Boeing747 flights?

  • @00950w
    @00950w 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The one and forever signature of Hong Kong.

  • @ed7519
    @ed7519 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As Lok Cheng said: This airport has been closed. The old days might be fun, but quite annoying. Post 1990's!

  • @bluespark446
    @bluespark446 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who else thinks that this should be in a movie

    • @Bojaxs
      @Bojaxs 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ghost in a shell. The NeoTokyo scene.

    • @filmstad
      @filmstad 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      impakt.nl/nl/online/videos/curated/gerard-holthuis-hong-kong-hkg-1999/

    • @afdafafish
      @afdafafish 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Zackster sleeping dogs (game)

    • @PokeDude1995
      @PokeDude1995 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bojaxs Ghost in the Shell takes place in Hong Kong anyway.

  • @panhead55
    @panhead55 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Airboyd rules! I always find my way back to his channel… ❤

  • @clod2692
    @clod2692 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    remind me of ghost in the shells, in the film there's a scene where a big airplane fly by over the city....very cool

    • @FrostbitexP
      @FrostbitexP 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thats exactly what i was thinking. They probably got inspiration for that from this airport.

    • @hygog
      @hygog 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      iHateDentists that sequence is entirely hong kong inspired/rip off, also, if u replace the ferry with tram then u get WanChai and causeway bay,

  • @garyhilson7220
    @garyhilson7220 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ya see, privileged people that want air travel but don't want a airport near where they live. I live in East Point GA near Hartsfield/Jackson. The busiest airport in the country. Planes pass over all the time. Up until 10:30-11:00 pm. And start up in the morning at 6-7 am. The planes have those new turbo fan engines are are quieter that any highway traffic. You get use to it. But the privileged elite that drive to the airport will complain about getting robbed leaving their doors unlocked in their neighborhood. For those that look at this and gasp, I say - GET A GRIP!!!!!

    • @Kanthannic
      @Kanthannic 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you sure that plane engines are quieter than highway traffic lol.

    • @ChadDidNothingWrong
      @ChadDidNothingWrong 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kanthannic in practice, usually yes. You can live alot closer to a highway than a runway or its glide slope...

    • @Kanthannic
      @Kanthannic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ChadDidNothingWrong "In practice usually yes" is as convincing as not speaking. A jet engine's noise decibel levels are through the roof, to the point of easily able to damage hearing if you are remotely close to one without protection. Motorway noisier than a jet engine seriously?

  • @ImmortalKxlla
    @ImmortalKxlla 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is one of my favorite old aviation videos

  • @joaquinpinto6706
    @joaquinpinto6706 10 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    The sound of Rolls Royce :)

  • @levygonz
    @levygonz 13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    0:39 holy cow!

  • @SuperBshit
    @SuperBshit 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is such an awesome video! oh, back then i went to high school around kowloon city. so miss those times.

  • @MaherBaba
    @MaherBaba 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    shenmu sent me here

  • @holabandola74
    @holabandola74 14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You must be def to live there :)

  • @luisgui6832
    @luisgui6832 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very precious video footage. Record of unique history of a unique city!

  • @isaaccuenca3429
    @isaaccuenca3429 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    wow, Gosht in the Shell

  • @mustang19ms
    @mustang19ms 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to live in a house where the planes used to fly over us at very low heights, at first at every plane that came I used to wake up startled, but after a few weeks, nothing could wake me up!

  • @racingDNA114
    @racingDNA114 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everyone else noticed how calm and undisturbed people are? They're like "whats with the camera dude?"

  • @gupsphoo
    @gupsphoo 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss Kai Tak Airport. It was very close to where I used to live and it was very convenient to get there, unlike our new airport which is in a remote location.

  • @rybupsp
    @rybupsp 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is so freaking' cool. Living there would get annoying but you always would have those amaze moments.

  • @mke312
    @mke312 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What nice accents to the cityscape those planes are! I would have loved to visit Kai Tak Airports!

  • @Byehk2047
    @Byehk2047 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The fact that hundreds of residents are able to live with that noise for years , no matter day or night is truly Hong Kong people spirit

  • @mrelmas
    @mrelmas 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those living in town of Atakoy in Istanbul, Turkey experience this joy from time to time, when planes approach 05-23 runway of LTBA from the heading 05.

  • @リリック-k7m
    @リリック-k7m 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    懐かしい22年前の啓得空港!

  • @angelsinsin20
    @angelsinsin20 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kai Tak Airport is a Miracle ! 💗💯

  • @mpz-video
    @mpz-video 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, one of the best spottervids ever...

  • @CHOCKS
    @CHOCKS 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I flew into Kai Tak in 98 on a 747. Came as ground crew to open up the Chek lap Kok...fueling dept for AMR. Checkerboard approach was awesome.

  • @darksideofthenation
    @darksideofthenation 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    i heard this sound all the time as a kid going to school in Kowloon , i didnt like it, but now i miss it!

  • @gareof
    @gareof 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    AHH YES - the wonderful sounds of hong kong in the morning, noon, afternoon, evening AND all night long....

  • @skoggie
    @skoggie ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy Cow!! excellent video, thank yoU!!

  • @samchew08
    @samchew08 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I miss the sound of the airplanes. Flying in and out of Kai Tak is actually nothing to be scared of. Very proud of having this unique airport. So in the centre of everything. It was the smell from the harbour that disgusted me. Residents complained a lot about the noise. But it wasn' just poor people who lived in that area. Condos surrounded that area. Bruce Lee had a house nearby (20 minutes or so from the airport).

  • @fludblud
    @fludblud 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @CannibaLouiST interesting fact was that when check lap kok was built, many residents who lived near kai tak suffered from sleep deprivation because they wernt used to not having roaring engines above. to them, the silence was deafening.

  • @fleurcloche
    @fleurcloche 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember as a kid one time me and my mum went to meet up with my dad who was coming back from a business trip at the Netherlands. We were walking to the airport and saw a KLM plane flew right above us and it turned out to be my dad's flight. Isn't it amazing when you're still yet to be at the airport but you could actually figure out what plane flew past you cos they were just so close that you don't need to be a fanatic to tell if that was a KLM or Cathay? Anyways it's one of my favourite memories of the good old Kai Tak 😃

  • @narabdela
    @narabdela หลายเดือนก่อน

    Landing at Kowloon was one of life's great experiences. (kinda scary too if you had a window seat).

  • @henrilui
    @henrilui 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Hong Kong, there is a slang "shoot the airplane", mainly used by the local footballers when, playing near the old airport, "kicking the ball too sky high" (bad player, of course), signifying that the ball was kicked so high that it can almost hit the airplane at that time. But today, mostly, this slang has been referred to something else...

  • @alphlife
    @alphlife 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @diegoalfa3 this airport doesn't handle traffic anymore. It was replaced by a newer airport on Chek Lap Kok island.

  • @mjjmjgsmomdeb
    @mjjmjgsmomdeb 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was my childhood. I remember going up to the rooftop so I could look in the plane windows and see the people coming to Hong Kong. Great memories but don't think I could hack it today

  • @adamb0000
    @adamb0000 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @airboyd ok i just checked this and it's official title is 'worlds busiest international airport' which i guess is reference to the international passengers part - but regardless that really was not the point i was making lol. The guy said that the planes fly as close to buildings at heathrow airport as they do in this video - and i know that is certainly not true.

  • @braedonblake5535
    @braedonblake5535 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love planes so this is one of my new locations for planespotting

  • @prashantsihmar1314
    @prashantsihmar1314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jus wondering what view we can get at roofs of these buildings

  • @RestrictedAirspacePodcast
    @RestrictedAirspacePodcast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some people hear trains or highways. Others hear Boeing 747s. That’s impressive.

  • @adamlui407
    @adamlui407 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks for the video, thanks for the memory!

  • @Earthlinked
    @Earthlinked 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not to mention the cross winds which forced almost every 747 to have a "crab" landing!!!! But it has been closed for over 12 years - but the legacy continues!!!! THe new Hong Kong airport - is truly wonderful!!!!!!!

  • @RubiMercuri
    @RubiMercuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now i see where the inspiration for the airplane scene came from in 1995 ghost in the shell.

  • @solomonpilot767
    @solomonpilot767 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank god none of these plane crash on the city but,the view is amazing!

  • @martinramson1479
    @martinramson1479 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Went in twice in the 80s with Cathy Pacific. Awesome.

  • @coolL9457
    @coolL9457 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Deion000 it was removed in 2000 and somthing. some locals found it dangerous and piolts complained by the tight 3 stage landing as it is in the city center, end of runway was water and other side had a mountain. you wouldn't want to fly there. in the end the goverment moved it completely to the water side. an improvement in the least but now it has been removed from flight simulater too :(

  • @robs747
    @robs747 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video that was such a great airport awesome vid love it .

  • @sillycado
    @sillycado 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good times when kai tak still exist

  • @Atlas_Amadeus
    @Atlas_Amadeus 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy Shit, Shenmue 2 was being serious about Hong kong

  • @some_randomninja
    @some_randomninja 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for posting.. I missed out on landing at this old airport by about a year.. my friends dad is a pilot and apparently, they all loved the challenge of landing there.. auto pilot had to be turned off

  • @ppp9922
    @ppp9922 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    when ever i go north up this highway it goes by an airport and you see airplanes go very low right over the highway....
    but thats in the middle of no were this is in the middle of a city and is even lower

  • @iamkc7774
    @iamkc7774 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @1377tara It's not near the trees, just the angle makes it look like it's close

  • @jennalee5967
    @jennalee5967 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A stark contrast to the silent planes flying at 43,000 ft in my deep odd corner of flyover country

  • @testando6655
    @testando6655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh yeaaah soo powerful. 0:34 watching dis from here with my rock playlist crancked to 11 and this on mute. Delta Parole and other rock band etc. LIT LIT LIT!

  • @WVsonofliberty
    @WVsonofliberty 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    my 3 year old LOVES this video :)

  • @catcat33
    @catcat33 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yea i remember kai tak.... i used to hate it when the planes are flying above, because i couldn't talk to the people around me for 10 secs because no one can hear me

  • @gowestward1
    @gowestward1 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was a miracle that no serious accidents occured!

  • @beepst
    @beepst ปีที่แล้ว

    90's were the perfect balance between modern era and the craziness/chaos of the 20th century.

  • @MickG3
    @MickG3 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was Kai Tak was shut down in June or July 1998? & moved about 30 km away west of Hong Kong now Chek Lap Kok.

  • @airboyd
    @airboyd  14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @adamb0000 Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport is the worlds busiest by aircraft movements and by people. Heathrow makes it's claim on international passengers which total 22,581,080.
    ATL Aircraft Movements 970,235 Passengers 88,032,086
    LHR Aircraft Movements 466,393 Passengers 66,036,957